NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Joseph R. Biden Jr. ran as a determined pragmatist, believing that his party would embrace him as its best chance to beat President Trump. - Amr Alfiky/NY Times
On a January evening in 2019, Joseph R. Biden Jr. placed a call to the mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, a personal friend and political ally who had...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In late July 2011, with an economy-shaking Treasury default only a few days away and Congress flailing, Senator Mitch McConnell received a Saturday phone call from Joseph R. Biden Jr., then the vice president.
Senate Majority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) arrives for the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill February...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Jared Kushner and Melania Trump - Win McNamee/Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
President Donald Trump's inner circle is beginning to split over his ongoing refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election, as Jared Kushner and first lady Melania Trump advised him to come to terms with President-elect Joe Biden's victory and his adult sons pressed him and allies...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Ultimately, few Republicans expressed concern that President Donald Trump would refuse to leave the White House after Inauguration Day. - Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the election to President-elect Joe Biden is splitting the GOP — and increasingly putting congressional Republicans in a bind.
GOP lawmakers offered dueling sentiments on Sunday, a day after...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
FILE PHOTO: U.S President Donald Trump returns to the White House after news media declared Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden to be the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Washington. - Reuters/CARLOS BARRIA
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump had reason to count on the loyalty of the large chunk of Americans who drove his improbable...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
New Highs
Worldwide cases of Covid-19 surpassed 50 million and the U.S. reported some 126,000 new infections for the third consecutive day. U.S. deaths remained at more than 1,000 for a fifth day, a streak last seen in August, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg.
President-elect Joe Biden’s victory signals a turning point in...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
U.S President Donald Trump returns to the White House after news media declared Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden to be the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Washington. - Reuters/CARLOS BARRIA
U.S. President Donald Trump will be subject to the same Twitter Inc rules as any other user when President-elect Joe Biden takes office...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Dr. Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, arrives for the start of the final round of the 2009 National Spelling Bee in Washington, May 28, 2009. Jim Young/Reuters
Jill Biden wants to be the only first lady to keep a full-time job as a teacher while serving in the role.
In doing...
NOVEMBER 7, 2020
President Trump arriving to the White House after golfing on Saturday. - Oliver Contreras / NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump’s motorcade was just pulling into the Trump National Golf Club in suburban Virginia on Saturday morning when news organizations ended days of waiting and declared that he had lost the presidency to Joseph R. Biden...
NOVEMBER 7, 2020
Former Presidents Bill Clinton. - Getty Images
Former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their election victory Saturday.
"America has spoken and democracy has won. Now we have a President-Elect and Vice President-Elect who will serve all of us and bring us all together. Congratulations to Joe Biden and...
